Known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 6:9, 10

What a gift!  It is amazing beyond thought.  Listen.  We are, to be sure, unknown, dying, beaten, sorrowful, poor, having nothing.  Poor us!!

That is not the reality that God gives us.  There is something much better.  Listen!  We are alive, not killed, always rejoicing, making many rich, having nothing, and yet possessing everything!  In my many travels I stood amazed when I found out what my fellow believers around the world go through!  One miracle after another.

We believers are not defeated but alive and victorious because of the wealth there is in Jesus Christ, our Friend and Redeemer.  It matters not what our circumstances.  This passage describes us all!  Now and ever.